I just grabbed raw video data of C-Span, it's actually easier than I've imagined.
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Basically, navigate to the website that contains the video you want and let the video play for a second. Right click on any blank field of the website (No ad, no link, etc.)
Press Inspect. In the newly opened window click on "Network".
Type "m3u" into the search bar of the Inspect window. (pic related)
(The last two have no particular order)
Looking at the results, there will be one particular containing "Status Code: 200" or "Active". (pic related)
That's the one you're searching for. Above Status Code 200 you can see "Request URL", copy that URL.
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Now Open VLC media player. You can download it for free here:
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
Also available for OSX and Linux
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After opening it click on "Media" on the upper left hand corner.
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Press Convert / Save.
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In the newly opened "Open Media" window switch to the "Network" tab.
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Now paste the URL you've previously copied and press "Convert / Save".
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Set a destination for your video to be downloaded to, and press "Convert".
Wait until the process is finished and your video will be downloaded at the destination you've chosen.
PS: I'll link the video that you can see in the picture as an answer to this post, it'll just take a few seconds to upload it.
Or better: Try downloading it on your own, it's a 3 minute video, thus it won't take too long. → https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4662897/rep-devin-nunes-briefs-press-committee-cindings
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Best wishes,
German Tech fag